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Integrated Photoacoustic Ophthalmoscopy and Spectral-domain Optical Coherence Tomography
Published on: January 15, 2013
Spectral domain optical coherence tomography findings in acute retinal pigment epitheliitis
Han Joo Cho1, Dong Won Lee, Chul Gu Kim
1Department of Ophthalmology, Kim's Eye Hospital, Konyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ccnnrr@naver.com
Objective:
To report spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) findings in 3 patients with acute retinal pigment epitheliitis (ARPE).
Design:
Retrospective chart review.
Methods:
Charts of three young patients with ARPE were reviewed.
Results:
In acute stage, SD-OCT demonstrated abnormal hyperreflectivity involving the photoreceptor outer segment layer and hyporeflectivity involving the associated RPE layer in all cases. In chronic stage, SD-OCT showed decreased abnormal reflectivity. In one case with incomplete recovery of visual acuity, disruption of the photoreceptor inner and outer segment (IS/OS) junction was demonstrated in chronic phase.
Conclusions:
SD-OCT confirmed that the outer segments of foveal photoreceptors and the associated RPE layer were the primary affected sites with ARPE. Detection of integrity of the foveal IS/OS line in resolved ARPE could be helpful in prediction of visual prognosis.
